Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-17 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 3:28 pm -0400 6/16/09, Peter wrote: >You shouldn't suckup to anybody. Perhaps not the best choice of words, but the meaning was clear to me! p. -- All power corrupts, but we need the electricity. -- Unknown --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-17 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 3:14 pm -0400 6/16/09, Len Gerstel wrote: >Now as Len, a regular member of the G3-5 List: > >If you noticed, some of the most vocal supporters of bottom posting >and trimming camp are the most prolific and helpful posters on the list. > >Wouldn't you want to suck up to them to ge

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-17 Thread Dan
At 2:21 AM -0500 6/17/2009, Ralph Green wrote: > >HTML is rejected by most lists I am on. How well does this demime >work? It might be friendlier than rejecting. Not very well. The problem is that html mails tend to use indent tags, instead of the normal "> ", to denote quoting,. So when you

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-17 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, HTML is rejected by most lists I am on. How well does this demime work? It might be friendlier than rejecting. I think a better approach to 2 is to limit the quoted text to a percentage. In a very long response, it might be reasonable to have more than 20 quoted lines. I had never h

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, My favorite way to do this is to setup a filter. I look for the from address and send it to a special folder I call Garbage. I check that folder infrequently and after I do that for a while, I have changed the filter to actually delete the email. I have just one person in my kill filte

[Note from another list nanny] Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Dan
At 4:08 PM -0700 6/16/2009, Fabian Fang wrote: > >As quoted above, once again, the List Owner declared sixteen months >ago that "top post vs bottom post" was no longer an issue for any LEM >List, and Nannies were not to hassle members any more. So why are we >posting about one hundred messages

Re: [Note from another list nanny] Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Fabian Fang wrote: > > All of us have always been free to respond or not to others' messages, > free to archive or delete others' messages, free to like or dislike > other members, free to suck up or not to the few "hotshots," and free > to hate or love list nanni

[Note from another list nanny] Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Esther Blodgett wrote: > Please take me off this list. you are filling up my email. > > > On Jun 16, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Dan Knight wrote: > > As I posted to every list on Feb. 15, 2008: > > After discussion with the other list managers, we've decided to end > our polic

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Esther Blodgett
lite netiquette back and forth On Jun 16, 2:59 pm, John Musbach wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > > I did, and he answered me. > > ... What'd he say? Below is what Dan said.  And his  Rules of List Management page carries

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Al Poulin
On Jun 16, 4:39 pm, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" wrote: > Or , is it possible that in seeking help you might want your case > presented in a sequential, easy to follow format that bring little > impairment to communication?  The less time it takes to parse a plea > or even a help response the soone

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Al Poulin
On Jun 16, 2:59 pm, John Musbach wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > > I did, and he answered me. > > ... What'd he say? Below is what Dan said. And his Rules of List Management page carries today's date. Al Poulin ***

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Peter wrote: > > > On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: > >> >> >> On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:59 PM, John Musbach wrote: >> >>> >>> ... What'd he say? >> >> The official word from Dan Knight, the list owner is: >> >>> We've decided to end our policy of askin

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: snip > > Now as Len, a regular member of the G3-5 List: > > If you noticed, some of the most vocal supporters of bottom posting > and trimming camp are the most prolific and helpful posters on the > list. > > Wouldn't you want to suck up to them

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Peter wrote: > > > On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: > >> >> >> Wouldn't you want to suck up to them to get their help? > You shouldn't suckup to anybody. Sorry, probably a bad choice of words. Used as a short hand for: If someone is willing to give

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Peter
On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: > > > On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:59 PM, John Musbach wrote: > >> >> ... What'd he say? > > The official word from Dan Knight, the list owner is: > >> We've decided to end our policy of asking that list members not >> "top post" their replies. That's th

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:59 PM, John Musbach wrote: > > ... What'd he say? The official word from Dan Knight, the list owner is: > We've decided to end our policy of asking that list members not > "top post" their replies. That's the default behavior of most email > clients, and just remindin

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread John Musbach
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > I did, and he answered me. ... What'd he say? -- Best Regards, John Musbach --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Al Poulin
On Jun 16, 2:41 am, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" wrote: > > Anyone has the opportunity to write to him directly to find out. You > needn't ask permission. I did, and he answered me. Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscr

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:31 AM, John Musbach wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Wallace Adrian > D'Alessio wrote: >> Whatever the agenda is we all agreed to the terms of use when we joined. >> >> They are Dan's lists to run run as he pleases. >> >> There are other options on the web. > >

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread John Musbach
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > Whatever the agenda is we all agreed to the terms of use when we joined. > > They are Dan's lists to run run as he pleases. > > There are other options on the web. Is he running it? I haven't heard a peep from him throughout the d

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:24 AM, John Musbach wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Wallace Adrian > D'Alessio wrote: >> Talking about list rules and policies is not off topic. > > Except that it is, it belongs on the lemlists list but since that's > simply a blackhole where all complaints f

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread John Musbach
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > Talking about list rules and policies is not off topic. Except that it is, it belongs on the lemlists list but since that's simply a blackhole where all complaints fall to deaf ears no one posts there... Even the nannies would rat

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread John Musbach
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Jim Scott wrote: > The "moderator" is a LEM list nanny and should know better than to > start an off-topic discussion on this list instead of the LEM List, > except that his desire to have things his way apparently is more > important than list rules, or protocol,

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread John Musbach
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: > What I don't understand, is why this thread is being discussed on this > list? There is a proper list for list issues. > > http://groups.google.com/group/lemlists?hl=en Oh please, that list is just where banned members go to cry into a b

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > > On 6/15/09 3:32 PM, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" > Broadcast into the ether: > >> Perhaps you would like to spend the time Kyle and other Nannies have >> to keep the lists civilized. >> It is a rather thankless job. > > OMG.  Did I really see

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/15/09 4:45 PM, "Amanda Ward" Broadcast into the ether: > ... armed with torches and pitchforks. ;-) They always are. I try to be the nicest I can be but sometimes I come off wrong. It will all be answered by Dan Knight. But suffice it to say there is one very important advantage to bott

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread glen
> > In private communications where two or no more than a few parties are > sharing ideas or discussing a subject, such as buying/selling an item > or agreeing to meet at a certain place/time, etc., untrimmed top > posting works very well because it is easier and quicker and acts much >

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jun 15, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > > On 6/15/09 2:52 PM, "Jim Scott" Broadcast into > the > ether: > >> The "moderator" is a LEM list nanny and should know better than to >> start an off-topic discussion on this list instead of the LEM List, >> except that his desire to have th

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/15/09 3:32 PM, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" Broadcast into the ether: > Perhaps you would like to spend the time Kyle and other Nannies have > to keep the lists civilized. > It is a rather thankless job. OMG. Did I really see that? Thank you Wallace. We delete trolls and spamers and spend

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/15/09 2:52 PM, "Jim Scott" Broadcast into the ether: > The "moderator" is a LEM list nanny and should know better than to > start an off-topic discussion on this list instead of the LEM List, > except that his desire to have things his way apparently is more > important than list rules, or

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/15/09 12:32 PM, "Dan" Broadcast into the ether: > Sometimes it's not location location location so much as audience > audience audience. > > The lem list lem list is all but dead... > > - Dan. Beat me to it again...I just got home...dangit. There are more active members here...that's

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Charles Davis
On Jun 15, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Jim Scott wrote: snip > > > The "moderator" is a LEM list nanny and should know better than to > start an off-topic discussion on this list instead of the LEM List, > except that his desire to have things his way apparently is more > important than list rules, or prot

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Jim Scott
On Jun 15, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Jim Scott wrote: >> >> The "moderator" is a LEM list nanny and should know better than to >> start an off-topic discussion on this list instead of the LEM List, >> except that his desire to have things

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Jim Scott wrote: > > > The "moderator" is a LEM list nanny and should know better than to > start an off-topic discussion on this list instead of the LEM List, > except that his desire to have things his way apparently is more > important than list rules, or prot

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Jim Scott
On Jun 15, 2009, at 1:47 PM, James E. Therrault wrote: > > No, the *original* thread was closed by the "moderator" who promptly > started this thread... > > JT > > > > > Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: >> I thought that this thread was closed by the moderator? >> The "moderator" is a LEM list nanny

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread James E. Therrault
No, the *original* thread was closed by the "moderator" who promptly started this thread... JT Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: > I thought that this thread was closed by the moderator? > > Also, GMail's reply function makes top posting, however annoying it > may be to some people, but it is the d

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread trag
On Jun 15, 10:33 am, "Alex Smith (K4RNT)" wrote: > I thought that this thread was closed by the moderator? > > Also, GMail's reply function makes top posting, however annoying it > may be to some people, but it is the default action, and I have not > been able to figure out how to make it run o

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Dan
At 2:13 PM -0500 6/15/2009, Charles Lenington wrote: >Dante Armok wrote: > > No, the other thread was closed. This is supposed to be the >> constructive discussion. >> >What I don't understand, is why this thread is being discussed on this >list? There is a proper list for list issues. > >http

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Jim Scott
On Jun 15, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: > > Dante Armok wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) >> mailto:shadowhun...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >>I thought that this thread was closed by the moderator? >> >> >> No, the other thread was closed. This is s

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Charles Lenington
Dante Armok wrote: > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) > mailto:shadowhun...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > I thought that this thread was closed by the moderator? > > > No, the other thread was closed. This is supposed to be the > constructive discussion. > What I don't und

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread irrational john
On Jun 15, 12:35 pm, Dan wrote: > Normal text editing shortcuts work, eg: cmd-downarrow. > > I strongly recommend leaving the mail client set to put you at the > top tho.  That way you can easily TRIM as you move down thru the > message.  If the client starts you at the bottom, then you probably

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Dan
At 12:23 PM -0400 6/15/2009, John Martz wrote: >On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Dan wrote: >>>Also, GMail's reply function makes top posting, however annoying it >>>may be to some people, but it is the default action, and I have not >>>been able to figure out how to make it run otherwise. > >>I'

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread John Martz
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Dante Armok wrote: > Also, GMail's reply function makes top posting, however annoying it >> may be to some people, but it is the default action, and I have not >> been able to figure out how to make it run otherwise. > > > I'm in GMail's web interface right now.

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Dante Armok
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: > > I thought that this thread was closed by the moderator? No, the other thread was closed. This is supposed to be the constructive discussion. > Also, GMail's reply function makes top posting, however annoying it > may be to some

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
I thought that this thread was closed by the moderator? Also, GMail's reply function makes top posting, however annoying it may be to some people, but it is the default action, and I have not been able to figure out how to make it run otherwise. Sorry for the inconvenience. On Mon, Jun 15, 2009

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread trag
On Jun 14, 4:48 am, "Gary D." wrote: > Why don't we just break up the group into two groups, one for top > posters and one for bottom posters and than everybody will be happy. > Or maybe not. (sorry) I would be happy because I neither read nor respond to top posters anyway. The exception to

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/14/09 5:23 PM, "Al Poulin" Broadcast into the ether: > Hmmm, I wonder if Dan Knight will adjust or clarify the rules for all > of lowendmac? Somewhere, I read that there was a "roundtable" about > this yesterday. > > Al Poulin It's his call. But as I said. A lot most of us consider top

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Al Poulin
Hmmm, I wonder if Dan Knight will adjust or clarify the rules for all of lowendmac? Somewhere, I read that there was a "roundtable" about this yesterday. Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List,

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Linda
On Jun 13, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > Partially because of Microsoft's influence, top-posting is very > common on mailing lists and in personal e-mail I never used top posting till I was forced to go to Outlook at work. Although I find it annoying I don't mind it so much at work s

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/14/09 2:07 PM, "Dan" Broadcast into the ether: > God bless AOL and the heck it hath wrought, that lingers today. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth Not to mention that 97% of online crime against children is through AOL. That is why I will never use any

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Dan
At 2:06 PM -0600 6/14/2009, Doug McNutt wrote: > >> No, not the rest of the world. Top posting is fine for light >>> conversational chatting, where context is relatively unimportant. >>> All other threads should be bottom posted and trimmed. >> >>True even in my workplaces. Only an emergency

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/14/09 1:06 PM, "Doug McNutt" Broadcast into the ether: > In short - muck with the list software to get what you want without > repetitive requests to "please stop top posting". Google won't let us. They have no settings for those features. Kyle Hansen -- This is the way the world ends.

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Doug McNutt
At 12:03 -0700 6/14/09, Kyle Hansen wrote: >On 6/14/09 6:54 AM, "Dan" Broadcast into the ether: > >> No, not the rest of the world. Top posting is fine for light >> conversational chatting, where context is relatively unimportant. >> All other threads should be bottom posted and trimmed. > >True

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/14/09 10:40 AM, "Brian" Broadcast into the ether: > > You know what? If it's such a huge deal, why don't you just write your > friggin senator and have them write a law to strike down this egregious and > abhorrent behavior? That anyone would have so much time to to spend on such a > non-

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/14/09 6:54 AM, "Dan" Broadcast into the ether: > No, not the rest of the world. Top posting is fine for light > conversational chatting, where context is relatively unimportant. > All other threads should be bottom posted and trimmed. True even in my workplaces. Only an emergency would b

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread John Callahan
On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: > > RE: Netiquette > > I've decided out of respect for the Gurus of this site, > Much. > I will bottom post after trimming what I'm not responding to ... > Will do. > To the best of my abilities and, sometimes, in opposition to, my > current

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Bill Connelly
RE: Netiquette I've decided out of respect for the Gurus of this site, I will bottom post after trimming what I'm not responding to ... To the best of my abilities and, sometimes, in opposition to, my current mood ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio/ myspa

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Brian
Seriously, different people communicate differently. I don't whine and complain when having a verbal conversation and someone speaks to me from my left side as opposed to 20 degrees to the right facing forward from me. The intolerance here is not surprising, but never fails to disappoint,

Re: [G3-5]A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Amanda Ward
I'll follow whatever type of posting the message seems to generate... top, bottom, interspersed... fine with me. Just, please folks, trim some of the older stuff out of the message when the thread goes on for days. Just my $.02... California sales tax not included! Amanda The light at the

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 14, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: > >> everybody is never going to be happy. :-) >> Tech people like bottom posting, the rest of the world top posts. I >> get >> it, I don't mind switching back & forth but in Thunderbird it is a 4 >> click process to switch. >> Is there a

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
>everybody is never going to be happy. :-) >Tech people like bottom posting, the rest of the world top posts. I get >it, I don't mind switching back & forth but in Thunderbird it is a 4 >click process to switch. >Is there a mail client that lets you choose when, say, right clicking >the reply butt

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread James E. Therrault
Ralph, I think that you hit the nail squarely on the head. This thread is the result of the single action of the one that started it that succeeded irrelevant comments he made in a previous thread. Regarding my experience, top posting was the practice in every commercial/industrial enviroment

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread John Callahan
On Jun 14, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: > > Top-posting forces your reader to work . . . > __ > > It's been my impression that those who participate in the posts on > these lists: > > - Usually compose Subject: lines which are a reasonably informative > description of the is

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 14, 2009, at 6:04 AM, Mark wrote: > > Gary D. wrote: >> Why don't we just break up the group into two groups, one for top >> posters and one for bottom posters and than everybody will be happy. >> Or maybe not. (sorry) >> >> G. >> > everybody is never going to be happy. :-) > Tech people

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Dan
At 10:16 AM -0400 6/14/2009, Mark wrote: >Dan wrote: >>> I don't mind switching back & forth but in Thunderbird it is a 4 >>> click process to switch. > > > > Why switch back and forth at all? > >It confuses people. I meant why switch the settings in your email client at all? Just keep the

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Mark
Dan wrote: >> I don't mind switching back & forth but in Thunderbird it is a 4 >> click process to switch. >> > > Why switch back and forth at all? > > - Dan. > It confuses people. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Dan
At 9:04 AM -0400 6/14/2009, Mark wrote: > >Tech people like bottom posting, the rest of the world top posts. No, not the rest of the world. Top posting is fine for light conversational chatting, where context is relatively unimportant. All other threads should be bottom posted and trimmed. An

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Dan
At 12:07 AM -0400 6/14/2009, Stanton Mitrany wrote: >Top-posting forces your reader to work . . . >__ > >It's been my impression that those who participate in the posts on >these lists: > >- Usually compose Subject: lines which are a reasonably informative >description of the issue withi

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Mark
Gary D. wrote: > Why don't we just break up the group into two groups, one for top > posters and one for bottom posters and than everybody will be happy. > Or maybe not. (sorry) > > G. > everybody is never going to be happy. :-) Tech people like bottom posting, the rest of the world top posts.

Re: [G3-5]A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread insightinmind
On Jun 14, 2009, at 6:09 AM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > > On 6/14/09 3:02 AM, "Peter" Broadcast into > the ether: > >> Ok, got that trimming part. Anything else? >> Peter M. > > Not really. > -- Are we through with this topic today? Its also 8:30am and I'm testing to see if my g3-g5 contributio

Re: [G3-5]A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/14/09 3:02 AM, "Peter" Broadcast into the ether: > Ok, got that trimming part. Anything else? > Peter M. Not really. -- Kyle H. Hansen "It's Always darkest... right before it gets totally black." --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: [G3-5]A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Peter
On Jun 13, 2009, at 11:19 PM, MaGioZal wrote: > > On 6/13/09 8:21 PM, Kyle Hansen at wrote: > >> Even more > I feel like in hell... Ok, got that trimming part. Anything else? Peter M. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscri

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/14/09 2:48 AM, "Gary D." Broadcast into the ether: > > Why don't we just break up the group into two groups, one for top > posters and one for bottom posters and than everybody will be happy. > Or maybe not. (sorry) Most of us who have been here for the last twelve+ years years and those

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Gary D.
Why don't we just break up the group into two groups, one for top posters and one for bottom posters and than everybody will be happy. Or maybe not. (sorry) G. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a gr

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/13/09 11:30 PM, "Ralph Green" Broadcast into the ether: So this is easier for you to read...who was I responding to? > > Howdy, > I am pretty sure Stanton does get it, and you mis-read him Kyle. It > was probably an accident, but Stanton was commenting on the notion that > top-posting

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, I am pretty sure Stanton does get it, and you mis-read him Kyle. It was probably an accident, but Stanton was commenting on the notion that top-posting forces your reader to work. Top posting for short messages is easier to read and that is the big advantage. Most people could configur

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/13/09 9:07 PM, "Stanton Mitrany" Broadcast into the ether: > Top-posting forces your reader to work . . . > Sorry if this comment was hard to decipher. > stanton You sir, obviously "get it." -- The authorities require that a person must be missing for more than 48 hours before filing a r

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Stanton Mitrany
Top-posting forces your reader to work . . . __ It's been my impression that those who participate in the posts on these lists: - Usually compose Subject: lines which are a reasonably informative description of the issue within the message. - If reading any particular post in a thre

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/13/09 8:18 PM, "MacGuy" Broadcast into the ether: > > > On Jun 13, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > >> Dingbat!! Plain text, plain text, plain text, plain text. > > Oh, that was delicious! :-) Jeff LMFAO. I was not going to say it. Kyle Hansen -- This is the way the world

Re: [G3-5]A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread MaGioZal
On 6/13/09 8:21 PM, Kyle Hansen at wrote: > Even more trimming the text to just the > relevant information is of great benefit. I think trimming before replying any e-mail is a fundamental lesson. Non-trimming should be used only in special cases. I subscribe two another high-traffic mailing

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread MacGuy
On Jun 13, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > Dingbat!! Plain text, plain text, plain text, plain text. Oh, that was delicious! :-) Jeff --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those u

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 13, 2009, at 8:40 PM, John Callahan wrote: > BINGO!! Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter. Dingbat!! Plain text, plain text, plain text, plain text. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List,

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/13/09 6:40 PM, "John Callahan" Broadcast into the ether: > BINGO!! Twitter, Twitter,Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter. He he. At WWDC they say Twitter will be gone in less than a year. And the reason was that as a nanny I get blasted over and over again weekly about why

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread John Callahan
BINGO!! Twitter, Twitter,Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter, Twitter. On Jun 13, 2009, at 9:28 PM, Brian wrote: > > OH MY GOD. WHAT THE CRAP?? Why the hell is this asinine issue being > debated AGAIN? > > On Jun 13, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > >> >> On 6/13/09 4:21 PM, "K

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Brian
Not a mistake On Jun 13, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote: > > Previously, at 8:28 pm -0500 6/13/09, Brian wrote: >> OH MY GOD. WHAT THE CRAP?? Why the hell is this asinine issue being >> debated AGAIN? > > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > V > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Because so

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 8:28 pm -0500 6/13/09, Brian wrote: >OH MY GOD. WHAT THE CRAP?? Why the hell is this asinine issue being >debated AGAIN? | | | | | | | V Because some PEOPLE insist on making the same mistake over and over? -- Reaganomics proved what every farmer k

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Brian
OH MY GOD. WHAT THE CRAP?? Why the hell is this asinine issue being debated AGAIN? On Jun 13, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > > On 6/13/09 4:21 PM, "Kyle Hansen" Broadcast > into the > ether: > > And page 2 of why bottom posting is considered the polite way to > handle > things,

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 6/13/09 4:21 PM, "Kyle Hansen" Broadcast into the ether: And page 2 of why bottom posting is considered the polite way to handle things, especially in a back and forth forum: Top-posting forces your reader to work A top-posted message is easy to write; since, it doesn't require the writer t

A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-13 Thread Kyle Hansen
I will even start the new thread so that we can calmly discuss the issue. I am of the opinion that I don't need to respond to a mailing list (like this one) while at work or out for dinner or whatever. Nothing has to be answered instantly on a list like this. In fact a lot of people subscribe t